Reminds me of how homophobes love to claim that Rome fell because of gay people. Which, if you actually know anything about Rome, is in fact a strong argument in favor of gay people.

10/10 video, the bit at the end about the people in the Western empire still thinking of themselves as “Roman” until a Roman emperor invaded them and caused mass devastation seems really profound, like if Justinian had just chilled or been more diplomatic about it then maybe the WRE tax system and state apparatus could have been stitched back together, but he blew it.

Good video.

I have the urge to just continuously quote Gibbon at Shapiro, about how Judeo-Christian values undermined the Roman empire out of spite.

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

• yewtu.be
• inv.nadeko.net
• yt.artemislena.eu
• piped.video

Ben Shapiro doesn’t understand much in general to be fair.